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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
An apology to our friends in Germany and other nations for our tyrannical government's extending it's disregard for privacy rights beyond our borders to our Allies.
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Our government isn't what I would call tyrannical..... yet. It's definitely working on it though.
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Originally Posted by Armistead
We've always spied on our allies, cuz often they turn out to be our future enemies.
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It's not the foreign spying that worries me. After all, a government should be looking out for the best interests of its people. What worries me is when that same government is spying on its own people.
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Originally Posted by Aktungbby
Nothing is really new; there's just more of it!
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In terms of foreign "intelligence gathering", I find myself uncaring. Any given country's government has always been snooping on other countries. However in terms of domestic, just because it may not be anything new, doesn't make it any less unacceptable when brought to light. A government of the people, and for the people, should not ever be using it's apparatus against it's people. That I believe, is the road to tyrannical rule.